P FOR PAPILLON & POPPY - IT MADE ME THINK OF YOU

“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.”

 

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJTXDCh2YiA

WINGS - BIRDY

 

THE WINGS OF SUMMER DAYS

 

The wings of Summer days

fly so high and white

above the clouds of all desire

that part within and wait for you

the feathers softly holding

all our dreams together

interwoven like our lives

since before we even knew

that we had been so close

for all this time

through childhood days

and inbetween

the cracks we slipped

and fell between and cracked

our shins in childish games

where fast bowls; wickets

and to and fro runs

exhausted us

and stained our whites

with grass so green

our clothes too big

and hand-me-downs

with shoes that made

our feet like clowns

our laughs and cries

our lows and highs

returning now

to the missed sighs

of how we used to live our lives

side by side

like conjoined twins

so close and yet so far between

our eyes scarce met

but once upon

a time when I was with

a boy of mine

I think his name was much the same as yours

he emigrated to Australia

but I never heard from him

and then we found each other

though we were never hidden

and from the start

we acted like it was forbidden

why did we do that I question now

it made it more exciting

fraught with difficulties somehow

and we had both experienced this

so maybe we thought

this was how it was

but everywhere we went

we were found

and how we laughed

and loved the frowns

It was after all part of the fun

our joint adventure had then begun

Such a shame it didn't last

but that's the trouble with the past

it catches up with us all somehow

but we made memories and they're still here

burned in my mind with many a tear

but mostly joy and wondrous

illustrious stories that were a part of us.

 

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